Smugglers drop two children over US border wall

This photo taken from night video provided by US Customs and Border Protection shows a smuggler dropping children from the top of border barrier in Santa Teresa, New Mexico (US Customs and Border Protection/AP)

Video released on Wednesday by federal authorities shows two Ecuadoran infant children being abandoned by smugglers after they were dropped over a 14-foot-high barrier along the US-Mexico border.

A three-year-old girl and her five-year-old sister were unhurt but officials with the US Border Patrol called the incident appalling.